The trapeze artists swung gracefully through the air.

Meaning: People who are skilled at performing on a bar suspended in the air were moving back and forth in a smooth and elegant way.

Choice of Words: Trapeze means a bar suspended in the air by ropes, used by acrobats for swinging and performing tricks. Artists means people skilled in a particular art form. Swung means to move back and forth in a smooth, rhythmic way. Gracefully means in a smooth and elegant manner. Together, the sentence describes the trapeze artists' performance.

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